News List

Today, House Republicans passed one of the most harmful pieces of legislation that we have seen in recent history. The “Big Ugly Bill” passed the United States House of Representatives this afternoon with a vote of 218-214, effectively cutting off millions of Americans from critical healthcare and other critical safety net programs that keep our communities… Read more »

Read article here.  The Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference Wednesday afternoon in opposition to what the caucus calls President Trump’s “big, ugly bill.“ The Senate passed its version of the tax and spending bill Tuesday after days of debate and internal division, sending the megabill back to the House. Republicans in the lower… Read more »

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Chairwoman Yvette D. Clarke and members of the Congressional Black Caucus Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taskforce met with Target Corporation Chair and CEO Brian Cornell to address the company’s reversal on its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The meeting comes amid growing public scrutiny and mounting consumer boycotts of Target, driven… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: “By limiting the federal judiciary's ability to issue nationwide injunctions against the Trump Administration's extremist and authoritarian policies, the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court is once again bending the… Read more »

Read article here.  Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are responding with alarm at President Donald Trump’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites over the weekend as Tehran retaliated Monday with missile strikes on a U.S. Air Force base in Qatar. U.S. defense officials confirmed Iran fired short- and medium-range ballistic missiles at the base near… Read more »

Read article here.  "It is no longer acceptable to deliver promises to our communities in private without also demonstrating those values publicly," said CBC Chairwoman, U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus recently met with the CEO of Target and other executive leadership amid the ongoing nationwide “Target Fast” in protest… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:  “Once again, President Trump's harmful, anti-Black, and anti-diversity agenda has been rejected in the courts. A federal judge—appointed by a Republican president—ruled that the Trump Administration violated federal law… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: “Congresswoman LaMonica McIver maintains the full and unwavering support of the Congressional Black Caucus in light of this baseless indictment. The facts are firmly on her side, and no amount of political theater disguised as… Read more »

Video is available here.  Photos are available here. Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06)—held an emergency… Read more »

Read article here.  The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said President Donald Trump should be impeached over the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles in response to recent street clashes over immigration enforcement. “I definitely believe it is. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York said Tuesday when asked at a news… Read more »